So just to clarify here - Israel has told citizens to move from North Gaza to South Gaza - 1.1m of them. South Gaza doesn't have either the space or the resources to accommodate these extra people but I guess that is tough luck. Then Israel decides to bomb these civilians that they ordered to move. You support this ? Certain people won't like this statement but it has echoes of the 1930s and certain ghettos which you'd think, of all countries, Israel might understand.
Which begs the question why were they all sent there when they could have been bombed at home?
Indeed, the christofascist white supremacists in the US are also involved to some extent.
No, I don't know why.
Support for Israel's right to defend itself is not the same as 'unwavering support' for slaughtering as many Palestinians in Gaza as possible - which I have seen no evidence of anyone supporting. Something - and I'm sure it's not military resistance by Hamas - has stopped, or at least delayed - Israel's initial threat of a ground invasion. Lord knows the air strikes and sanctions are terrible enough, but the fact remains that Israel hasn't carried out all of its original threats - as well as supporting the right to defend, no doubt Biden and Sunak also will have 'had a word'.
Once again for those who have not read my recent posts, No I don't condone or support the Israeli actions or the Hamas actions. I am offering a perspective on the situation.
The news reports I read suggest that pro Israel events did go ahead as planned.
Do you think Hamas might have moved some of their capabilities and infrastructure into the South once Israel issued their ultimatum and started preparing the ground invasion in the North? Hamas has a strategy of infiltrating their personnel and infrastructure within heavily populated residential areas so they have human shields.
Errrr ok.
Errrr ok.
Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with over 36,000 people per square mile.
Yes, I do, but that’s no reason to kill innocent people and kids.
We will find out in due course what their objective really is. IMO (yes, I'm expressing an opinion now), there is a faction within Israel that wants to eradicate Hamas and there is another faction (the ultra-orthodox) that wants a greatly expanded territory for the Jewish State.
Yes, Hamas is well aware of this.
And Israel too?
How would you propose the IDF stop Hamas firing hundreds of rockets a day from Gaza?
Of course. How do you propose Israel stops Hamas firing rockets from Gaza?
the one I read confirmed cancellation of a planned ‘vigil’ in London …unless you are referring to say the one in Manchester the following day
Well, their current approach appears to be by wiping out a whole population. Yeah, that’ll work.
Don't you have an alternative suggestion?
The one in Westminster seems to have gone ahead - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ts-and-vigils-in-london-over-israel-hamas-war